Former referee Dermot Gallagher had little sympathy for Alexandro Bernabei after he had a penalty given against him.
The Celtic defender was penalised after a VAR check during the champions’ Scottish Premiership victory over Dundee United on Saturday. Steven Fletcher rose to head a cross towards goal, only to see the ball strike the Argentine on the arm. The left back wasn’t facing the ball at the time and neither Fletcher nor his teammates made any appeal for a spot kick.
But the VAR asked whistler David Dickinson to review the decision and he headed over the monitor on the Parkhead touchline for another look. After seeing it again, he returned to the pitch and pointed to the spot, much to the fury of the majority inside Celtic Park. Fletcher took the spot kick himself and scored to make it 1-1 after 12 minutes following Sead Haksabanovic’s opener for the hosts.
